Health care bill in House has pro-abortion language; Cuellar should vote 'no'

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Published 7:00 pm, Thursday, March 18, 2010

To the editor:

As a Laredoan and a pro-lifer, I feel strongly that Congressman Henry Cuellar owes it to his constituents to be consistent in his pro-life stance and vote no on the health care bill H.R. 3590.

Congressman Cuellar was elected to office with the help of pro-life voters.

He also voted for the pro-life Stupak-Pitts Amendment to the original House version of the Bill.

But now he is saying that he is undecided on how to vote on the version on which the House of Representatives will vote shortly.

On the March 16 “Your World With Neil Cavuto,” Rep. Cuellar stated that even if the current language of the bill does not change on abortion, the “bottom line is, the Henry Hyde amendment says you should not use federal funds for abortions.

And [he wants] to make sure that’s adhered to.”

But legal analysis from National Right to Life and other leading pro-life groups clearly shows the current bill makes long-term appropriations for authorized programs which would flow outside of the regular appropriations process.

In other words, the Hyde Amendment is irrelevant in this bill.

This health care bill is the single-most pro-abortion piece of legislation to be voted on by our Congress.

It allows the federal government to operate a program that funds elective abortions, allows the government to pay the premiums of private health plans that cover elective abortions, and contains

no “conscience” protection language for medical professionals who do not want to perform abortions.

If Rep. Henry Cuellar votes yes on this Bill, he will be voting in favor of the largest expansion of abortion in this country since Roe vs. Wade itself and he will be casting a career-defining vote as a pro-abortion candidate.